Coby to make $100 laptop

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Coby to make $100 laptop

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No word on the exact specs yet (at least not that I've seen), but it sounds like it will compete with the smaller eee. There will a 7 inch and a 9 inch model, both will run Linux. At $100 if it has wireless, a card reader, and decent battery life, I'll probably end up buying one.

Low price, probably moderate specs, sounds like a Puppy box to me!

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SirDuncan wrote:No word on the exact specs yet (at least not that I've seen), but it sounds like it will compete with the smaller eee. There will a 7 inch and a 9 inch model, both will run Linux. At $100 if it has wireless, a card reader, and decent battery life, I'll probably end up buying one.

Low price, probably moderate specs, sounds like a Puppy box to me!

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http://arkansas.indymedia.org/newswire/ ... /index.php
i second that SirDuncan :D . Sounds like it could be good enough that it could lead to the eee pc losing in the marketplace.

and a version of bobpup would be good for such a machine 8) . if a computer which can handle the internet costs only $100, then there is space for such in todays market, where computers seem to finally be decreasing in power and price, rather than the opposite.

let's have puppy prepare for this.

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#3 Post by JB4x4 »

Those pictures of the one in the link look reminiscent of the Everex Cloudbook......

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JB4x4 wrote:Those pictures of the one in the link look reminiscent of the Everex Cloudbook......

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i agree with JB4x4. The ill-fated cloudbook (might have been ill-fated).

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http://www.rossrubin.com/outofthebox/20 ... midget-pc/

Its a hoax
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Anything that is too good to be true usually is.
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#7 Post by exProphecy »

More proof of this hoax.

http://gizmodo.com/5101775/coby-to-rele ... aid-kroger

I would really love a 100-200 dollar laptop though..
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